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2017-10-27 2:58 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy…

ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF BOTTLED WATER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

Bottled water packaging reduced by nearly half in less than a decade, study finds

The amount of materials used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, and glass bottled water containers has been reduced by 42.8 percent between 2007 and 2015, according to a new study. The Quantis Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental ...

2017-10-27 3:34 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy…

Reducing environmental impact and increasing recycling rates are key goals for the bottled water industry

Bottled water companies continue to be concerned about the environment and are working to increase consumer recycling, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) said today. “IBWA once again commends the Friends of Little Hunting Creek, Friends of Accotink Creek, and other ...

2017-10-26 1:50 min Filling & Bottling, Milk, Filling and aseptic

Filling lines

Serac accelerates the speed of its rotary cup filling lines

The latest version of the cup filling machine Neo designed by Nova, a company of Serac Group with 80 years of experience in dosing and cup filling, is today able to fill cups up to 12 000 cph just as efficiently and reliably as any other lower output. With this increased output, ...

2017-10-25 2:17 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures

Facts & Figures

Krones confirms group targets for 2017

Order intake increased 10.0% to €2,696.8 million in the first three quarters and revenue grew 5.4% to €2,508.9 million. Adjusted for acquisitions, the increase was 5.9% and 3.1%, respectively.The EBT increased to €168.0 million for the first three quarters and the EBT margin was 6.7% ...

2017-10-25 3:70 min Management, Beverages

Acquisition

Refresco and a consortium of PAI and bcIMC agree on a recommended cash public offer of EUR 20 per share for all shares of Refresco

A Consortium of PAI Partners SAS ("PAI") and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation ("bcIMC") to make a recommended offer of EUR 20 (cum dividend) in cash per ordinary share of Refresco (the "Offer Price") for a consideration of EUR 1.623 billionThe Offer Price ...

2017-10-25 1:44 min Food

Food Ingredients

The perils and promise of Clean Labeling

We’ve all heard of “clean labels,” but what does “clean label” food really mean? The simple answer is food that is healthy and perceived as natural. When consumers read a label, they want to understand what every ingredient is. This desire has been causing the current shift in the ...

2017-10-25 2:10 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Global themes

Nestlé Waters to certify 20 factories with AWS for water stewardship by 2020

Nestlé Waters announced today that it would strengthen its collaboration with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) to certify 20 factories by 2020. The company has already certified four Nestlé Waters bottling facilities: one in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, and three in California ...

2017-10-24 0:10 min Closure moulds

z-moulds at Fakuma 2017

The international Fair for the plastic industry has been presented at its best to the 25th anniversary: Competent discussions and the latest developments have made the days for 48.000 visitors unique. z-moulds presented together with KRAUSSMAFFEI a 6-cav. Flip-top. Fakuma was a ...

2017-10-24 0:59 min Biobased Material, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Materials, Processing & Handling

Sustainability

UPM moves forward in sustainable biochemicals business

UPM moves forward with the development of biochemicals business by evaluating the potential of building a biorefinery in the Chemical Park Frankfurt-Höchst in Germany. The new-to-the-world biorefinery would combine novel technologies and utilize sustainable wood raw material in an ...

2017-10-19 1:50 min Management

Management

Avantium nominates Kees Verhaar as Chairman Supervisory Board

Avantium N.V., (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: AVTX) (“Avantium” or “the Company”) a leading chemical technology company and forerunner in renewable chemistry, announces that today it has published its convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders (EGM) to be ...